Double Up!

After yesterdays success, I decided to be a bit more selective and try to target bigger fish. Used a slightly beefier float rig ending in a size 16 with doubled up maggots, bigger the bait and hook harder it is to end up with small fish. Went out a bit later around 8.30 and after a few small knocks took my first Roach about 9.15. Nice fish, lively and about 6 ounces. Things went pretty quiet for a while then on the drop, at 10pm, I got my second fish. Bigger about 8 ounces and a nice end to the night.

About Worms

I've been asked a couple of times this week about worms as bait, they're great too. Just not whole, you need to pinch of about a 1cm piece and use that on your hook. Two reasons for that firstly most of the fish wont be able to get a big juicy worm (as someone described their bait to me) in their small mouth. Second good reason is that fish have a good sense of smell and by breaking the worm you allow it to release its scent into the water attracting fish.